Comparing ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G vs Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 590 8G G5

gpu ASUS Radeon RX 5700 XT 8G item

• Based on
  AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT AMD Radeon RX 590
• GPU Chip
  Navi 10 XT (RDNA 1) Polaris 30
• Execution units
  40 36
• Shader
  2560 2304
• Render Output Units
  64 32
• Texture Units
  160 144

• Memory Size
  8 GB 8 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR5
• Memory Speed
  14 Gbps 2 GHz
• Memory Bandwith
  448 GB/s 256 GB/s
• Memory Interface
  256 bit 256 bit

• Base Clock
  1.605 GHz 1.469 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.905 GHz 1.545 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  1.755 GHz
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

• TDP
  225 W 225 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 235 W
• Tjunction max
  89 \xc2\xb0C --
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin 1 x 8-Pin

• Fan-Type
  Radial Axial
• Fan 1
  1 x 75 mm 2 x 95 mm
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent --

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.0b 2x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4 2x DP v1.4
• DVI Ports
  -- 1

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 (Ultimate) 12
• Raytracing
  No No
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes No
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No No

• Length
  270 mm 230 mm
• Height
  110 mm 125 mm
• Width
  40 mm 40 mm
• Width (Slots)
  2 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q4/2018
• Structure size
  7 nm 14 nm
• Part-no
  RX5700XT-8G 11289-06
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet